Victorian supernatural folklore history

Curiosities of Superstition: A Collection of Remarkable Folk Beliefs, Legends, and Strange Customs from Around the World

Name: Curiosities of Superstition: A Collection of Remarkable Folk Beliefs, Legends, and Strange Customs from Around the World
Author: William Henry Davenport Adams

William Henry Davenport Adams18820

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William Henry Davenport Adams' comprehensive collection of curious superstitions, remarkable folk beliefs, and strange customs from cultures worldwide. Presents unusual and exotic beliefs alongside common superstitions, revealing patterns in human superstitious thinking. Covers superstitions related to animals, objects, natural phenomena, life events, and supernatural encounters. Approaches folk beliefs with curiosity and respect, documenting diverse cultural expressions of superstition.

Also known asSuperstition Curiosities · Remarkable Folk Beliefs

This edition1882

EditionWilliam Henry Davenport Adams' collection of remarkable superstitions, curious beliefs, and strange customs from cultures around the world.

Comparative Folklorefolk customsAnthropologyComparative ReligionFolklore & SuperstitionScottish Folkloreomen readingnumerologycultural traditionsNatural phenomenon superstitionsBirth superstitionsritual practicesEthnographyFolk MagicConfucianismDay and time superstitions

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Folk Magic

Folk magic texts and practical traditions covering charms, cures, household rites, prayers, talismans, and vernacular magical practice.

Comparative Religion

Comparative religion texts on ritual, myth, sacrifice, belief, ancient religion, and cross-cultural theories of sacred practice.

Folklore Studies

Folklore studies texts on folk tales, fairy belief, superstition, regional customs, oral tradition, and the collection of vernacular belief.

Anthropology of Religion

Anthropological texts on ritual, animism, totemism, taboo, early religion, culture, and theories of belief formation.

Astrology and Divination

Astrology and divination texts on zodiacal symbolism, astrological doctrine, geomancy, dream interpretation, and related predictive arts.

Contents25 chapters

01CONTENTS.
02CURIOSITIES OF SUPERSTITION.
03CHAPTER I.
04CHAPTER II.
05CHAPTER III.
06CHAPTER IV.
07CHAPTER V.
08CHAPTER VI.
09CHAPTER VII.
10CHAPTER VIII.
11CHAPTER IX.
12CHAPTER X.
13CHAPTER XI.
14CHAPTER XII.
15CHAPTER XIII.
16CHAPTER XIV.
17CHAPTER XV.
18CHAPTER XVI.
19CHAPTER XVII.
20CHAPTER XVIII.
21CHAPTER XIX.
22INDEX.
23THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
24"Cover"
25The Project Gutenberg eBook of Curiosities of Superstition, by W. H. Davenport Adams